Category: Contemporary Romance

The Valentine Gamble (Texas Bachelor) by Katherine Garbera & Eve Gaddy

Posted July 14, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: The Valentine Gamble
Series: Whiskey River #6
Author: Katherine Garbera & Eve Gaddy
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: February 3, 2016
Publisher: Tule Publishing
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Johnny Gamble isn’t afraid of anything. Except Fiona Lannigan’s effect on him. It’s not just that she sees through his love ‘em and leave ‘em ways, she’s also his partner in Whiskey River’s most prestigious law firm. He believes she deserves better than him until they “matched” at the annual Valentine’s Day dance and the night turns into one of the most romantic of his life. Convincing him that he’s found a woman he doesn’t want to leave.

Fiona is all for a good time with Johnny. There have been sparks between them from the beginning, but more than one night between the sheets isn’t in the cards. Or so she thinks, until Johnny turns on the romance.

Can Johnny convince Fiona that this is one Valentine’s Gamble worth taking?

Read on for my thoughts on The Valentine Gamble. No true spoilers, promise.

*Please note: This title, the series, the titles of the stories in the series and the covers have all undergone a transformation. The stories within the new covers with new titles remains the same.

Anything But Love by Abigail Strom

Posted July 13, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Anything But Love
Series:
Author: Abigail Strom
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: July 12, 2016
Publisher: Montlake Romance
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Socialite Jessica Bullock can’t catch a break. After a lifetime of chasing perfection, hoping to please her parents, all her hard work is set to pay off. But on her wedding day, her fiancé leaves her high and dry. Humiliated, she finds her calm, cool facade beginning to crumble…until an unexpected wedding guest, her childhood best friend and crush, offers to help her pick up the pieces.

Never in his wildest dreams would Ben Taggart have imagined he’d be escorting Jessica on her honeymoon to Bermuda. Although they haven’t seen each other in years, he can’t leave her to fall apart. Agreeing to keep things platonic, they vow to make the most of their spontaneous vacation—until an unplanned kiss sparks a powerful passion.

They tell themselves that what happens in Bermuda will stay in Bermuda. But when old secrets are revealed and new feelings ignite, will Ben and Jessica be able to leave their romance behind?

Read on for my thoughts on Anything But Love. No true spoilers, promise.

Test Drive by Marie Harte

Posted July 11, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Test Drive
Series: Body Shop Bad Boys #2
Author: Marie Harte
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: June 7, 2016
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

GET TO KNOW THE BODY SHOP BAD BOYS
Johnny, Foley, Sam, and Lou are the rough and tumble mechanics of Webster’s Garage. These reformed bad boys are used to living fast, but it’s the women in their lives who take them from zero to sixty in a heartbeat.

JOHNNY
Johnny Devlin’s a charmer with a checkered past. He has had his eye on scorching-hot bartender Lara Valley for ages, but she’s rejected him more than once. That doesn’t mean he won’t come to her aid when some dirt-bag mauls her. When she asks him on a date as a no-strings-attached thank you, he can’t say no. And then he’s saying nothing but hell, yes.

Read on for my thoughts on Test Drive. No true spoilers, promise.

Black Hills Baby by Debra Salonen

Posted July 11, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Black Hills Baby
Series: Black Hills Rendezvous #1
Author: Debra Salonen
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: January 29, 2016
Publisher: Loner Llama Press
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: Owned, Kindle Edition
Cover Description:

When Hollywood heart-throb Cooper Lindstrom needs money to get his late mother’s homicidal bookie off his back, he jumps at the lifeline Black Hills postmaster Libby McGannon tosses his way. In Cooper’s mind, their arrangement is simple: his sperm in trade for a share in her family’s gold mine. But the real pay off is her story–the one he plans to turn into a hit sitcom that will push him back on top.

The hit show Coop saw coming. Love? Completely blindsided him.

And the baby? Who could have guessed Cooper wanted to be a father? Too bad Libby–the woman he’s fallen hard for–might never forgive him for turning her life into a joke for worldwide consumption. Not to mention the changes he’s brought to the small Black Hills community of Sentinel Pass, where happily-ever-after isn’t left to chance.

Read on for m y thoughts on Black Hills Baby. No true spoilers, promise.

Royal Games by Sariah Wilson

Posted July 10, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Royal Games
Series: The Royals of Monterra #3
Author: Sariah Wilson
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: July 5, 2016
Publisher: Montlake Romance
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Genesis Kelley didn’t just get her heart broken. The aspiring veterinarian had it crushed in front of millions of viewers on the dating reality show Marry Me. Now, just as she’s getting her life and dignity back together, her royal heart breaker, Prince Rafael of Monterra, has landed in Frog Hollow, Iowa. And he’s renting out her aunt’s guest cottage.

Deceiving TV audiences for his brother’s sake cost Rafe the girl of his dreams. But he’s going to fix it, even if it means moving from his mountain-kingdom home to small-town Iowa. A prince doesn’t give up on his rightful princess—especially once he realizes Genesis is in deeper danger than she knows.

Between fixing her truck, whisking her off to Monterra for a whirlwind date, and charming the entire town, Rafe is thawing the ice around Genesis’s heart. Will it be enough to earn back her trust, protect her from her past—and sweep her into a real-life fairy tale?

Read on for my thoughts on Royal Games. No true spoilers, promise.

Echoes Of The Heart by Stacey A. Purcell

Posted July 7, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Echoes of the Heart
Series: Esterloch #1
Author: Stacey A. Purcell
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: November 8, 2015
Publisher:
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: Owned, Kindle Edition
Cover Description:

Stuck in upstate New York to work off a humiliating arrest, Dr. Calista Montgomery is forced to deal with the disdain of arrogant sheriff Jack Benfield—and their undeniable attraction.

GOING UNDER

For Dr. Calista Montgomery, losing her soldier husband was like diving into a cold dark sea, and the events at his funeral swept her farther from shore. Crushed by the lies, Cali crawls into a bottle and flees all she knows. Inebriated and drifting aimlessly, she winds up in Esterloch, New York, where she’s arrested and hits bottom. Offered a chance to expunge her record, she accepts the conditions…but the real challenge is keeping herself safe from the arrogant, gorgeous and commanding sheriff.

FOR THE LAST TIME

Sheriff Jack Benfield hates drunks. They’re selfish, manipulative, and they break hearts, and his is no exception. He saw the damage inflicted upon his family, so he has no patience for any of them, not even the beautiful Dr. Montgomery. His body, however, has different ideas, and soon two desperate souls will discover that some breaks make us stronger—and sometimes we must drown before we learn how to breathe.

Read on for my thoughts on Echoes of the Heart. No true spoilers, promise.

Always My Girl by Samantha Chase

Posted July 5, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Always My Girl
Series: The Shaughnessy Brothers #3
Author: Samantha Chase
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: July 5, 2016
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Sometimes the love that’s closest to you is the hardest to see.

Quinn Shaughnessy’s two older brothers have found their true loves … but Quinn’s not about to join that parade. Nope, as he tells his best friend Anna, there’s a lot more to life than getting tied down to one person. He’s positive tomboy Anna will be on his side – except she’s inexplicably developing other interests – even dating! Suddenly Quinn is seeing Anna in a very different light.

Quinn has been Anna’s buddy since they were both five years old. She can tell him anything – except the one big secret she’s been hiding for years – that she’s fallen in love with him. Now Anna is determined to make a life for herself that doesn’t include pining for Quinn. Falling in love with your best friend? Easy. Telling them how you really feel? Impossible.

Read on for my thoughts on Always My Girl. No true spoilers, promise.

On Lone Star Trail by Amanda Cabot

Posted July 4, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series, Women's Fiction / 0 Comments

Title: On Lone Star Trail
Series: Texas Crossroads #3
Author: Amanda Cabot
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Women’s Fiction
Published: February 2, 2016
Publisher: Revel
My Rating: 3.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

If there’s one thing Gillian Hodge never wants to see again, it’s a man on a motorcycle. Her last encounter with one left her right hand crushed, ending her promising career as a concert pianist. But as she heads to Rainbow’s End Resort, a sudden thunderstorm causes a motorcycle to crash in front of her.

When TJ Benjamin’s wife died, he lost more than his best friend; he lost his faith. He’s spent the past year wandering the country on a motorcycle, trying not to think about his future. When he finds himself stranded with a busted bike and a reluctant rescuer, he has to wonder about God’s sense of humor.

Can this woman without a future and this man running from his past find romance in the present? Or are they too tied to the way life used to be?

Read on for my thoughts on On Lone Star Trail. No true spoilers, promise.

Accidentally In Love With The Biker by Teri Anne Stanley

Posted July 1, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Accidentally In Love With The Biker
Series: What Happens In Vegas #13
Author: Teri Anne Stanley
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: February 8, 2016
Publisher: Entangled Publishing – Lovestruck
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Aspiring writer Kelli Dalton needs a man, and fast. When she’s rear-ended by a sexy-as-sin biker on the way to a Vegas romance readers convention, she sees her chance. If he’ll pose as her fake boyfriend long enough to impress a bestselling author, Kelli has a shot at saving the bookstore for underprivileged kids she runs back home.

Quinn Anderson doesn’t know what to make of the cute little writer who stirs his heart and his libido, but he does know he wants to get better acquainted. And if that means keeping up their sexy ruse all week, he’s game.

Quinn knows girls like Kelli deserves someone with a secure future to help with her store, not a guy struggling to turn a profit on his chopper shop. But if his motorcycle designs win the big Vegas competition, he’ll have enough prize money to fund his dreams…and hers.

Read on for my thoughts on Accidentally In Love With The Biker. No true spoilers, promise.

By Break Of Day by M. L. Buchman

Posted June 29, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Title: By Break of Day
Series: The Night Stalkers #15
Author: M. L. Buchman
Genre: Romantic Suspense, Military Romance
Published: February 2, 2016
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Captain Kara Moretti flies high in her MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAV. It is the Night Stalkers’ eyes and ears in the sky, and being behind a remote control and one step back from the action has always worked for her… and her love life.

Right until Captain Justin Roberts walks straight through her shields and into her heart. Justin is a pilot who loves being right in the middle of the fray. Together they’ll go where life, limb, and heart are at risk in the Mongolian wilderness. But Justin learns there’s something more important than missions – Kara.

Read on for my thoughts on By Break of Day. No true spoilers, promise.

Happy Ever After in Christmas by Debbie Mason

Posted June 28, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Happy Ever After in Christmas
Series: Christmas, Colorado #7
Author: Debbie Mason
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: June 28, 2016
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing – Forever
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

As her thirtieth birthday approaches, deputy Jill Flaherty decides it’s time to live a little. When she walks into Sawyer Anderson’s bar in her sexiest dress, she’s not thinking that he’s her brother’s best friend or about the many women he dated during his years as a pro hockey player. All she’s thinking is that it’s finally time to confess to her longtime crush how she truly feels.

Sawyer is done being a player on and off the ice. Yet no one in the small town of Christmas seems to believe he’s ready to settle down, not Jill, and certainly not Jack, who is determined to keep Sawyer from breaking his little sister’s heart. But as Sawyer and Jill’s relationship heats up, can he prove that he’s her happy ever after?

Read on for my thoughts on Happy Ever After in Christmas. No true spoilers, promise.

Can’t Buy Me Love by Jane Lovering

Posted June 28, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Can’t Buy Me Love
Series: Yorkshire Romances #6
Author: Jane Lovering
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: June 28, 2016
Publisher: Choc Lit
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Is it all too good to be true?

When Willow runs into her old university crush, Luke, she’s a new woman with a new look – not to mention a little bit more cash after a rather substantial inheritance. Could she be lucky enough to score a fortune and her dream man at the same time?

Then Willow meets Cal; a computer geek with a slightly odd sense of humour. They get on like a house on fire — although she soon realizes that there is far more to her unassuming new friend than meets the eye …

But money doesn’t always bring happiness, and Willow finds herself struggling to know who to trust. Are the new people in her life there because they care – or is there another reason?

Read on for my thoughts about Can’t Buy Me Love. No true spoilers, promise.

Bringing Delaney Home by Lee Kilraine

Posted June 26, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Bringing Delaney Home
Series: Cates Brothers #1
Author: Lee Kilraine
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: February 2, 2016
Publisher: Kensington Books – Lyrical Shine
My Rating: 3.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

In the sleepy town of Climax, North Carolina, all five Cates brothers are known for being tall, dark, and delicious. But each has his own incomparable love story…Quinn Cates has known Delaney Lyons forever. But after years away from home, Delaney’s a changed woman. A mysterious accident she refuses to talk about has left her hurting–in body and soul–and acting out in dangerous, and occasionally entertaining, ways.

Quinn’s on the local police force, so he’s used to dealing with troublemakers. This one’s pretty incorrigible–but he suspects her flippant exterior is hiding something softer and deeper inside. Every time he has to rescue Delaney from herself, his heart and his hormones both go into overdrive. But he owes it to Delaney’s sister to keep an eye on her. He’s got some experience with that after spending so much time at it back in high school…

Delaney just wants to fend off the gossips, fight off the pain of her past, and make her escape once again. But Officer Cates is ordering her not to leave town, and his interrogation techniques can be very persuasive.

Read on for my thoughts on Bringing Delaney Home. No true spoilers, promise.

Fade Into You by Tracy Wolff

Posted June 26, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Fade Into You
Series: Shaken Dirty #3
Author: Tracy Wolff
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: February 15, 2016
Publisher: Entangled Publishing – Brazen
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Wyatt Jennings has been called a lot of things by the media. Bad-boy rocker. Intense drummer. Addict.

Finally out of rehab and desperate for a fresh start, Wyatt rejoins his mega-platinum rock band Shaken Dirty as they prepare for their world tour. But Wyatt’s demons are never far behind, always nipping at his heels for one. More. Fix.

Enter Poppy Germaine, the band’s new social media consultant. A beautiful bombshell who somehow manages to get underneath Wyatt’s skin, Poppy’s an addiction Wyatt can get behind. And even though she’s with the label—and therefore off-limits—he craves her. Needs her.

Except Poppy isn’t actually a social media consultant. She’s the daughter of the label’s CEO, sent undercover to babysit Wyatt and keep him from falling off the wagon again. Proving herself to her father is Poppy’s only goal—until she finds herself in Wyatt’s bed. But if Wyatt discovers the truth, it could send him spiraling all over again.

Read on for my thoughts on Fade Into You. No true spoilers, promise.

MisTaken by Laurelin McGee

Posted June 25, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: MisTaken
Series: Miss Match #1.5
Author: Laurelin McGee
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: February 2, 2016
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
My Rating: 3 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Jaylene Kim is an independent woman who’s never had a man tell her what to do.

But when her smolderingly hot and mysterious neighbor introduces her to a few new rules in the bedroom, Jaylene must learn to relinquish control…if she is to run wild with passion…